10+ Reasons to be excited about the next Decade

~5500 years of writing 570 years of the printing pressFew decades of the computer and internet

We have barely begun to see the changes

that will take place!

Welcome to the Information Age!

Ubiquitous Computing

Processors in everything, eg. appliances Cloud Computing Transparent transistors

Quantum Computing

Could see a working system in a decade In comparison to conventional computers, we are at the point of inventing the transistor

Revolution in Physics

Higgs Boson Gravity Waves Supersymmetry

Modeling Human Intelligence

Human Connectome Silicon Brain Modeling Natural Language Machine communication

Nootropics (Smart Drugs)

Drugs designed to increase general intelligence, enhance memory, speed up thought, improve sleep, etc

Growing awareness and acceptance – more acceptance than steroids

Robotics

Poised for a revolution, like PC’s in the 90’s Dropping prices of sensors with increased computing power

Ripening of the Genetics Revolution

Stem cell differentiating into ordinary cells creating pluripotent cells from ordinary cells Regenerative medicine / Cloning

Cheap DNA Sequencing cost dropping by a factor of 10 yearly artificial genetics Epigenetics

Astronomy

Exo-planets Dark Matter / Dark Energy New and better telescopes

Neural Control / Bio-interfaces

Next Generation Prosthetics Beginnings of computer/brain interfaces Augmented Reality

Information changes Society and Government

Decline in Privacy Govt.s struggle with Wikileak clones Copyright struggles with technology DESIGNED to share information

also.....

Space Tourism Electric Cars Decline of the Operating System E-books Ultracapacitors Tritium Batteries ? The Age of the Amateur

On the increase ... Online Shopping GPS Wireless Mobile Web

This is going to be a very exciting decade!